(After having listened to the tracks linked by Pierre) I read the review on John's Classic Rock blog. No one really knows precisely who is (or was) Paolo Ferrara and when he composed that library rock album, very remiscent of Pink Floyd (P.F. the same initials) Meddle, DSotM and Wish You Were Here.

It looks like an air of mystery surrounds this record!!!

Samples seem too modern sounding to be dated from 1971 (or 1972). It should be a work conceived and crafted after the year 1975. So those experts say.

I'm a big fan of Premiata Forneria Marconi, especially their second album, Per Un Amico, from 1972. The music has characteristics that one might attribute to Gentle Giant, although they're executed far better by these Italians guys.

Pierre, I got to hear two wonderful albums today, I wonder if you know them! The first -

SPIRALE - Spirale (1974).

A wonderful Italian jazz album with a bit of an identity crisis! Considering it's Italian, the first track sounds more like `Out Of Focus' (pretty sure they were German?), and there's also Samba, salsa, and fusion elements later on in the album too . By the end it reminded me a little of Arti e Mestieri in places, mainly due to the violin. I know you like jazz, so I think this album might be to your liking. No classic, but the first track `Rising' was terrific. The rest was decent overall too.

Now this wonderful instrumental album has TOTAL identity crisis! It starts off very melancholic - lots of murky brooding classical jazz piano with the darkest of dark synths. Very eerie. Then it turns into a cold and icy electronic album, before a few tracks later ending up like a Romantic prog album like Camel/Rousseau (just the synths, I didn't pick up on any guitars on the album), then back again. There's also some very metallic and frightening eexperimental electronic soundscapes. It's all over the place, but every track was a winner. What a fascinating album!!

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